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I was asked about how to connect to a Power 5 server through a serial cable and made a quick video that shows what you need, and how to connect to the server and access the text based ASMI as well as boot in to SMS and then boot from a CD all through a serial cable using PuTTY. This isn't the best quality video but I thought I would put it out here in case it can help someone else who is having problems accessing their server through a serial cable.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qPHXFzWtZI&feature=youtu.be

Here is a video showing inside the Linux internals of the IBM POWER Server Service Processor that is present on all POWER servers.
To follow along the steps in this video you'll need at least a POWER6 server. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwF-TTdDHN8

Here is a in-depth video showing how to reset ASMI passwords on a IBM POWER server by removing the service processor card and flipping the dip switches. Also covers how to find the IP address of the service processor using the front control panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtbCJSmf48c